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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u13054
  2. Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
  3. Date: Friday, 25 Dec 1992 17:44:23 CST
  4. From: Howard Wachtel <U13054@uicvm.uic.edu>
  5. Message-ID: <92360.174423U13054@uicvm.uic.edu>
  6. Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
  7. Subject: Re: HELP: music quiz
  8. References:  <1992Dec22.000824.18082@csis.dit.csiro.au>
  9. Lines: 22
  10.  
  11. In article <1992Dec22.000824.18082@csis.dit.csiro.au>, tsui@csis.dit.csiro.au
  12. (Kenneth Tsui) says:
  13. >
  14. >I need help to answer the following for a music quiz. Some of the questions
  15. >are quite interesting. I'll post the answers when they come out in Feburary.
  16. >
  17. >Thanks.
  18.  
  19. >5. What composer was the greatest chess player of his day?
  20.  
  21.    That was Philidor, known for the opening that bears his name.
  22.  
  23.    Now I've got one for you--what chess grandmaster is also one of the
  24. world's top flute players?
  25.  
  26. >12. Which composer died after wounding himself while conducting?
  27. >
  28.  
  29.    Jean-Baptiste Loully.
  30. ________________________________________________________________
  31. Howard K. Wachtel              University of Illinois at Chicago
  32. U13054@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU        Phone (312) 975-7970
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